"Future" retro

I think 70s/80s/90s will be considered the retro period. Maybe because retro has to be cantilever braked and anodised and have some piece of crappy tech.

I don't think bikes of now would be considered retro even in the far future. Maybe classics but not retro.

I mean there are classics like Litespeed, IF, DeKerf, Turner etc...which will always be collectable.

As for me i would regard the carbon fibre Scott Ransom and Ibis as future classics. Also the Canfield Bros. DH bike (Jedi?)
 
Re: future retro

BlackCat":2tn3e2ce said:
Really?

Mass production tubeless tires, 7 inch carbon frames, 5 inch 23lb carbon bikes etc. On their second or third outing?
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My 1991 MTB came with tubeless tyres.

What's so impressive about 7" Carbon Frames or 5" 23lb carbon bikes other than you'd need to be very small to ride them :shock:
 
I think some of the smaller manufacturers that have produced designs that remain largely unchanged from year to year will gain a strong following, (Ellsworth Truth or Turner 5 spring to mind). Not sure they will be called retro by us in 10 years, but they might be called retro by someone who is 13 now. :)
 
A 7" carbon frame sounds far too small even for me :lol:

We're the wrong people to ask what bikes people will be looking back with a nostalgic glint in 20 years time .
 
Hmmn.... possibly.... but all our modern steads will one day be regarded as "retro" by some young buck - the question is therefore, which are going to be the classics 15 years down the track?

Is the Orange Five the new Clockwork.... will the 2007 Hei Hei be held in the same regard as the 1997 etc?
 
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